politicsnation with al sharpton starts right now. >>> tonight's dislead, mitt romney's crass effort to use the strategy in the middle east to assert himself and his campaign into what became a tragic, bloody situation. well, that's our top story and we'll spend much of the next be hour analyzing it. mr. romney's words were hurtful and actions unfortunate. together they raise yet again the question of whether mitt romney has the judgment and character to be the president of the united states. this morning all of us were shocked to learn that chris stevens, our ambassador to libya, had been killed in an attack there, along with three other american diplomats, all murdered in what u.s. officials are now investigating as a possible terrorist attack on the anniversary of 9/11. while americans mourned, mr. romney saw a political opportunity. >> the administration was wrong to stand by a statement sympathizing with those who had breached our embassy in egypt instead of condemning their actions. in my view, a disgraceful statement on the part of our administration to apologize for american val